Felicia McM. v. Jerrold L.W.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Gayle E Roberts, J.), entered on or about September 26, 2006, which, insofar as appealed from, dismissed the petition seeking modification of a prior order of custody and visitation for lack of jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly dismissed the petition on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction over this custody matter. The evidence establishes that in 2001, the subject child’s father, who resided in North Carolina, was awarded custody, and that in 2002, the child was placed with a paternal aunt in Georgia where he goes to…